Kapella

Analysis

Kapella is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03174040). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kapella reported income of £707k and spending of £730k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £670k to £707k (+5.5%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kapella sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Switch the Play Foundation (£706k), Bagri Foundation (£707k) and Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Support Project (Wolverhampton) (£706k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 4.2%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Reserves of £582k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.